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Patricia Ferguson vs Rushanara Ali

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Patricia Ferguson
Patricia Ferguson
Lab Glasgow West
vs
Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Patricia Ferguson and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 390 shared comparable votes.

389 same votes 1 different votes 390 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
49 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
49 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 11 No
Benefits 96% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
49 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
49 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 255 of 649
Participation
76.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 280 of 649
447
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,802
2,361 eligible divisions
232
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
56.8 % of votes cast
215
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
779
43.2 % of votes cast
16
3.6 % of votes cast
Against party
18
1.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

88
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
Appearances
39
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 650
112
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 650
Contributions
36
-102.3 vs Commons average
Rank 547 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£151,093
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£151,093
33 % below average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Housing
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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